Automatic fan.



A. A. SAUTER.

AUTOMATIC FAN. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1912.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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AUTOMATIC FAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Application fi1ed August 27, 1912. Serial No. 717,349.

To alt whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUeus'r A. SAUTER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Uovington, in. the county ofKenton and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful. Improvementsf 1 Automatic Fans, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to fan attachment for rocking or otlicechairs.

in carrying out my invention I propose to provide a tan attachment whichmay be easily and quickly secured upon any ordinary rocking or otiicechair, which may be readily adjusted to suit chairs of various sizes,and which may have the fan adjusted and retained at a suitable angleconvenient to the occupant of the chair.

lVith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thenature of the invention is more fully understood, the improvementresides in the construction, com bination and operative arrangement ofparts, forth in the following description falling within the scope ofthe appended claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the improvement in appliedposition. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the drumand brackets. Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view upon the line 3-3 ofFig. 2. Fig. 4t is a detail vertical central sectional view of the same.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates anordinary rocking chair. Arranged beneath the rocker of the chair andadapted to contact therewith is a flat plate This plate is preferablyconstructed of metal and has one oi its lon gitudinal edges upset toprovide a flange 3. The plate 2 is of a length slightly lesser than thelength of the rocker, and the said plate being flat, is normallycontacted only at its center by the rocker. The flange adj acent theopposite transverse ends of the plate is formed with openings 1 withinwhich is arranged one of the ends of double hook members 5.

The hook members are at the ends of a cable 6 and the central portion ofthe cable is wound on a drum 7. This drum is mounted on an axle S whichis secured to the center pro vided with vertical openings near its ends.On the inner side of the drum is a beveled gear 11 which is engaged onone side by a beveled gear 12 and on the opposite side by a beveled gear10. These gears are arranged in the openings of the member 9. A shaft 13passes through the center of the gear 12 and is secured thereto and thesaid shaft has also its bearings in the member 9 and is provided at itsouter end with a socket 141 in which is secured the stem of: a fan 15 bymeans of a set screw 16. The gear 10 balances the gear 12 and is looselymounted on a shaft 9 which is secured in the member 9 as shown in Fig.2. The member 9 is secured by a set screw 18 to the vertical arm of anL-shaped member 19 the said screw adapting the member 9 to be angularlyadjusted and in a vertical plane on the said i -shaped member.

The numeral 20 designates a substantially U-shaped bracket, the somehaving one of its arms, preferably its lower arm, formed with a threadedbore, within which received a threaded securing screw 21. This screw hasits upper extremity provided with the usual swiveled head, while itslower extremity is formed with an enlargement which provides means foroperating the said screw. The connecting member or arm of thesubstantially U-shaped bracket 20 is centrally formed with a rearwardlyextending flange, the said flange having a threaded opening 22, which isadapted to register with a similar opening 23 provided in the free armof the L-shaped member 19.

The numeral 241 designates a thumb screw,

which passes through the opening 23 and coacts with the threaded opening22 to retain the bracket and arm in an adjusted position, one withrelation to the other.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will be noted that the foot member or plate 2 may be readilydetached from the remain der of the device when desired; that the cable6 may be adjusted to arrange the device upon various sizes of chair;that the fan is removable so that any desired shape or size of fan maybe employed, and that the bracket in connection with the L-shaped arm 19provides means whereby the fan may be effectively sustained upon thechair and retained in any adjusted position or angle in relation to thechair to suit the convenience of the occupant of the chair.

It is to be understood that suitable casing may be employed forinclosing the gears, the same being of any desired construction, but asthe casing does not enter the subject matter of the present application,it has not been deemed necessary to illustrate the same.

Having thus fully described the invention What is claimed as new is:

The herein described fan attachment for rocking chairs comprising, incombination With a plate for arrangement on the floor and engagement byone of the chair rockers, a bracket for attachment to the chair back, anL-shaped member having its horizontal arm secured to the bracket, a bodymember secured to the vertical arm of said L-shaped member and providedWith an axle, a drum mounted for rotation on said axle and having abeveled gear a shaft having bearings in said body member and also havingmeans for the attachment of a fan thereto, a beveled gear fixed on saidshaft and engaging the drum gear and a beveled gear to balance the saidshaft gear, mounted in the said body member and engaging the drum gearat a point opposite the shaft gear, and a cable having its centralportion coiled on the drum and its ends attached to the said plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 25 in presence of twowitnesses.

AUGUST A. SAUTER. Witnesses:

MARY LIGHT OGLE, IDA M. ORREN.

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Washington. D. C.

